Winners Unveiled for the 2025 Aga Khan Music Awards
Winners Unveiled for the 2025 Aga Khan Music Awards
AKMA
Media Source: World Music Central
Date: 6 November 2025
On 3 November, the Aga Khan Music Programme publicised the eleven winners of the prominent 2025 Aga Khan Music Awards, which will be held in the United Kingdom for the first time later this month. The Awards honour individuals, groups, and institutions whose work upholds and reimagines living musical heritage shaped by Islam while…
On 3 November, the Aga Khan Music Programme publicised the eleven winners of the prominent 2025 Aga Khan Music Awards, which will be held in the United Kingdom for the first time later this month. The Awards honour individuals, groups, and institutions whose work upholds and reimagines living musical heritage shaped by Islam while promoting spiritual insight, community vitality, and cultural resilience. Among this year’s honorees are the legendary khyal maestro Ustad Naseeruddin Saami and distinguished qawwals the Warsi Brothers; Bahrain’s Qalali Folk Band, which preserves the cultural memory of the nation’s pearl divers; Palestinian oud player and vocalist Kamilya Jubran, a trailblazer in contemporary Arabic music; and Iranian composer Sahba Aminikia, founder of the Flying Carpet Festival, which brings moments of joy to children in conflict zones.